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The head of Pirogov emergency hospital in Sofia, Professor Assen Baltov, said in a television interview on May 15 that he expects that when the national vaccination headquarters meets on Monday, it will decide to continue the system of “green corridors” for jabs against Covid-19 for all comers. Baltov said that it was his opinion that the “green corridors” should remain operational at very least in the major hospitals in Bulgaria’s capital city, where it was possible for people to come for vaccinations without crowding. He said that very few people who had had a first dose of the As...

The number of doses of vaccines against Covid-19 administered in Bulgaria so far is 1 073 523, including 35 759 in the past 24 hours, according to the May 14 report by the national information system. The report said that so far 287 980 second doses had been administered, including 25 658 in the past 24 hours. Deliveries of vaccines against Covid-19 to Bulgaria this week included 273 780 Pfizer-BioNTech doses on May 10, a total of 12 000 doses of Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) vaccine on May 12, and 36 000 Moderna and 45 600 AstraZeneca on May 13. Bulgaria is continuing its system of offering Co...

The European Commission’s spring forecast for the EU economy, released on May 12, raised the estimate for Bulgaria’s economic growth this year to 3.5 per cent, but lowered its projection for 2022 to 4.7 per cent. In its previous winter forecast, the Commission had estimated 2.7 per cent growth in 2021 and 4.9 per cent in 2022. The Commission said that the figures were conditional on “the absorbtion profile” of funds under the Recovery and Resilience Plan, which was expected play a key role in any upswing in investment. After Bulgaria’s economy shrank by 4.2 per cent in 2020 as a re...

The number of doses against Covid-19 administered in Bulgaria has passed the one-million mark, according to figures posted on May 13 by the national information system. The daily report said that in the past 24 hours, a total of 36 477 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 were administered in Bulgaria, bringing the total to date to 1 035 763. Of these, 36 377 were administered in the past 24 hours. A total of 362 322 people in Bulgaria have received a second dose, including 24 239 on May 12, according to the figures in the national information system’s report. The report said that 46 people i...

A total of 35 748 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 were administered in Bulgaria on May 11. The May 12 report by Bulgaria’s national information system said that so far, 999 287 doses had been administered. A total of 338 083 people have received a second dose, including 26 238 in the past 24 hours. The national information system said that in the past 24 hours, 59 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for new coronavirus had died, bringing the death toll linked to the disease to 17 104. Of 13 190 tests in the past 24 hours, 877 – about 6.6 per cent – proved positive. To date, 41...